The Deed

by Gerold Frank

two young radicals assassinate

Genres: Nonfiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 1979

About the author

Gerold Frank was an American author and ghostwriter. He wrote several celebrity memoirs and was considered a pioneer of the "as told to" form of (auto)biography. His two best-known books,[citation needed] however, are The Boston Strangler (1966), which was adapted as the 1968 movie starring Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda, and An American Death (1972), about the assassination of Martin Luther King.

Reviews

[Steve Cran]

Before the state of Israel was created, the Britsih were the ones ih charge of the Palestine Mandate. Increased Jewish immigration upset many arabs and casued mas disturbances throughout the country. As a result the British decided to restrict Jewish immigration into Palestine. THe Holcaust mean while was raging in Europe and the Jews had no where else to go. Many of the ships sunk at sea, blown up or turned back to the German so the Jews could perish at the hands of Nazi murderers. In order to change this negative stae of events two daring young men, member of the Lehi (Fighters for the Freedom of Israel) were sent to assassinate Lord Moyne the British officer in charge of the middle east. THey pulled it off killing him as he exited from his limosine. They tried to flee on bicycle they ended up geting caught. Their names were Eliyahu Hakim and the secodn guy was named Eliyahou as well.







The British in the3 eyes of many Jews were seen as one sided favoring the arab position over theirs. Despite the fact that the balflour declaration was percieved a s a promiose for a country oj both banks ofthe Jordan River. THe Stern Gang broke opff from the Irgun. THe spiritual father of the Irgun was Zev Jabotinsky. THe actual leader in Palestine was David Raziel. THe Irgun would retaliate against arabs for terror attacks against Jews. Often times though innocwent arabs were the ones targeted and who paid the price.







As world war two loomed both the Haggana and the Irgun decided not to fight the British until the NAzi's were defeated. Yair Stern did nopt agree with this strategy so he broke away. THe Stern gang aqttacked many British and assinated several key British player during the course of the war. Yair Stern would alter be killed by the British as he was hiding in someone's Tel Aviv apartment. The Stern gang orinially tried to kill Mac Michael who ran Palestine for the British. Their atempt failed.







After both Eliyahou's were caught there was alot nof Egyptian sympathy for them despite the high anipathy for zionism. Afterall the Egyptians were suffereing under British occupation, just like the Jews. The book was written by a jounralist who convered the trial in Egypt where in both boys were eventually hangrd/ Whethyer one sypathises or not with Stern gang matters not this a great and easy read of vey historic event.